- Outback Highway
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The Kennedy Development Road between Middleton and Boulia, 2011
The Outback Highway or Outback Way is a series of roads and dirt tracks linking Winton, Queensland and Laverton, Western Australia. At 2,800 km (1,740 mi), it crosses Central Australia (colloquially known as the Outback), passing through; Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
It has been proposed as a development to provide an inland route between southern Western Australia and northern Queensland as an alternative to the National Highway 1 along either coast.[1]
Roads that make up the highway are:
- Great Central Road
- Gunbarrel Highway
- Lasseter Highway
- Stuart Highway
- Plenty Highway
- Donohue Highway
- Kennedy Development Road
Support for the project is strong amongst local government areas along the route and elsewhere.[2] Federal funding of A$70 million over 10 years would be required.
See also
- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in the Northern Territory
- List of highways in Queensland
- List of highways in Western Australia
Notes
- ^ BSD Consultants.(1998) Outback Highway feasibility study : final report / prepared for Main Roads Western Australia, Northern Territory Department of Transport and Works, and Main Roads Queensland ; prepared by BSD Consultants Pty. Ltd. Subiaco, WA "March 1998"
- ^ "Councils back outback highway push". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 23 June 2011. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-23/councils-back-outback-highway-push/2768626. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
External links
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